{"id":"CVE-2016-4989","details":"setroubleshoot allows local users to bypass an intended container protection mechanism and execute arbitrary commands by (1) triggering an SELinux denial with a crafted file name, which is handled by the _set_tpath function in audit_data.py or via a crafted (2) local_id or (3) analysis_id field in a crafted XML document to the run_fix function in SetroubleshootFixit.py, related to the subprocess.check_output and commands.getstatusoutput functions, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4445.","modified":"2026-04-10T03:50:06.628450Z","published":"2017-04-11T18:59:00.353Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1293"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1267.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q2/574"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1346461"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://securitytracker.com/id/1036144"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/fedora-selinux/setroubleshoot/commit/dda55aa50db95a25f0d919c3a0d5871827cdc40f"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/fedora-selinux/setroubleshoot/commit/e69378d7e82a503534d29c5939fa219341e8f2ad"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/fedora-selinux/setroubleshoot","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"dda55aa50db95a25f0d919c3a0d5871827cdc40f"}]},{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/fedora-selinux/setroubleshoot","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"e69378d7e82a503534d29c5939fa219341e8f2ad"}]},{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/fedora-selinux/setroubleshoot","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"dda55aa50db95a25f0d919c3a0d5871827cdc40f"}]},{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/fedora-selinux/setroubleshoot","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"e69378d7e82a503534d29c5939fa219341e8f2ad"}]}],"versions":["setroubleshoot-3.2.21","setroubleshoot-3.2.22","setroubleshoot-3.2.23","setroubleshoot-3.2.24","setroubleshoot-3.2.25","setroubleshoot-3.2.26","setroubleshoot-3.2.26.1","setroubleshoot-3.2.26.2","setroubleshoot-3.2.27","setroubleshoot-plugins-3.0.62"],"database_specific":{"unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"-"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"7.0"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"7.0"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"7.0"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"7.0"}]}],"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-4989.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}